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Xenoblade Chronicles Coming to North America as a GameStop Exclusive Update
Despite heavy fan demand for Monolith Soft’s role-playing masterpiece, Nintendo of America still hasn’t revealed plans to bring Xenoblade Chronicles to North America. Who will step in and save U.S. role-players from missing out on what is arguable one of the best RPGs of this console generation? Would you believe GameStop? Update: Now available for…
By Mike Fahey Published December 2, 2011 -
It Might Soon be Cool to Jailbreak Your Consoles
It’s totally cool to “jailbreak” an iPhone to get around its DRM. Apple may not like that, but the courts say otherwise, so it has to abide. Video game consoles? Less cool. But that could soon change. The reason the iPhone is exempt is because a few years back the Electronic Frontier Foundation successfully lobbied…
By Luke Plunkett Published December 2, 2011 -
Man Mods Etch-A-Sketch to Work With Nintendo Controller
Have you ever wanted to control an Etch-A-Sketch with a Nintendo controller? Probably not, but it’s pretty awesome. Watching this video, I tried to imagine all the uses this device had, but most of them were drawing boxes. I’m sure somebody will come up with something better then that.
By Chris Carolan Published December 1, 2011 -
This Week’s Nintendo Download is So…Awww, Kitty!
Another week, another handful of games you may or may not give a damn about coming to Nintendo’s download ready devices, including Xmas Puzzle, a WiiWare game about…oh my god it’s so fluffy! Awww, look at him, all curled up in the holly. Are you dreaming of sugarplums, my little tiger-striped friend? I just want…
By Mike Fahey Published December 1, 2011 -
Can You Trust FedEX with Your Nerdy Shipments?
Do not trust FedEx with your deliveries. I had shipped out a NES coffee table to someone who bought one, and upon receiving it, they ignored the “This side up” stickers and delivered it on it’s side. They also had stacked a large and very heavy box on top of it, tweaking the table inside.…
Matt Borgelt Published December 1, 2011 -
This is the Worst Thing Nintendo Has Ever Done. Ever.
Nintendo has done some awesome things over the years, but it’s done some awful things too. But this, this is the worst. Nintendo of America has spent what’s probably a ton of money to get serious airtime in the video clip for a novelty Christmas single. A Justin Bieber Christmas single. To minimise civilian casualties,…
By Luke Plunkett Published December 1, 2011 -
Check Out Mario Kart 7‘s Cool Multiplayer Community Options
Yesterday, I took a look at Mario Kart 7‘s online multiplayer, which is functional and easier to use than any past Kart game. Today, I wanted to show another cool feature of the game’s multiplayer—the ability to make multiplayer communities. Each player can make up to eight separate communities, which can be customized a fair…
By Kirk Hamilton Published November 30, 2011 -
Three Guys, 18 Million Blocks, One Unbelievable Minecraft Video
It’s just two minutes and twenty-two seconds of black and white video. In it we see a play-through of classic 80s Game Boy title Super Mario Land. Pretty bland stuff, until you hear how it was created. The YouTube Minecraft Super Mario Land in Stop Motion video is the culmination of more than 500 hours…
By Brian Crecente Published November 30, 2011 -
This Game Demo Will Self-Destruct
Japanese gamers can soon download the Monster Hunter 3G demo to their Nintendo 3DS handhelds. Demos aren’t a new thing, and they give players a taste of the final product. Monster Hunter 3G does that, too. The taste, however, doesn’t last forever. The demo quest takes around twenty minutes to complete. According to the Capcom’s…
By Brian Ashcraft Published November 30, 2011 -
Call the Cops, Nintendo’s Reggie Drives Like a Maniac
Reggie Fils-Aime, everybody’s favorite pizza man turned game exec, is a terror on the road. The Nintendo of America president thinks it’s okay to drive like Mario Kart in real life. You know, burning rubber and throwing heat-seeking turtle shells. “I played the little game on the Mario Kart fan page and it said that…
By Brian Ashcraft Published November 30, 2011 -
Their Goal Was to Make a Mario Game that Felt Like a Vacation
Video games as cinematic blockbusters? Sure. Video games as texts? I’ve heard that one too. Video games as vacations? That one was new to me, but that’s the concept Nintendo’s Yoshiaki Koizumi had when he was telling me (quoted above in postcard format) about his team’s approach to making a Super Mario game for a…
By Stephen Totilo Published November 29, 2011 -
A Look at Mario Kart 7‘s Easy-To-Use Online Multiplayer
Looking back, there’s an argument to be made that Mario Kart 64 was my first true multiplayer gaming obsession, more so than even Goldeneye 64. It was so much more fun to race against my friends than it was to race against the (frustrating, rubber banding) computer—the idea of online Mario Kart hadn’t even crossed…
By Kirk Hamilton Published November 29, 2011 -
I Think Nintendo is Promoting Its Next Game to the 1%
The back of the Mario Kart 7 box encourages shoppers to “take racing to new heights with the all-new glider.” That’s cool. The back of the box for Namco Bandai’s Active Life: Magical Carnival urges gamers to “ride magic carpets, flying brooms & learn magical tricks!” That sounds great! And then there’s the back of…
By Stephen Totilo Published November 29, 2011 -
Should You Buy Mario Kart 7? Yes.
Nintendo has been on something of a roll so far this holiday season, releasing a fantastic new Zelda game for the Wii and a triumphant new Mario game for the 3DS. This coming Sunday, the company will see if it can go three for three, releasing Mario Kart 7 for the 3DS handheld. Most of…
By Kirk Hamilton Published November 29, 2011 -
Wow, That Mario Kart Ad Used Real Mario Karts
The pretty damn amazing Mario Kart 7 ad currently showing looks pretty damn amazing. So amazing that it’d be easy to assume the entire thing, actors aside, was computer generated. But it’s not! As you can see here in these short making-of clips, the ad team built real karts for the action. And didn’t just…
By Luke Plunkett Published November 29, 2011 -
Nintendo 3DS Update Totally DELAYED (Just a Few Days!)
In late November, which is now, Nintendo was supposed to release a big 3DS update. It won’t. Today, Nintendo announced that the 3DS’s big November update won’t be released in November. Instead, it will hit by Dec. 8, making this a big December update. With the update, it will become possible to transfer batches of…
By Brian Ashcraft Published November 29, 2011 -
Nintendo Barks Up New Nintendo 3DS Bundles
Today, Nintendo revealed it’s releasing two new pink Nintendo 3DS bundles: one comes with nintendogs + cats: Toy Poodle and New Friends, and the other comes with nintendogs + cats: French Bulldog and New Friends Both are priced at US$169.99, and both will be out Dec. 4. You can contact Brian Ashcraft, the author of…
By Brian Ashcraft Published November 28, 2011 -
The Cutest Co-Op Play. Ever. Bar None
Two little kids work together to check out the Nintendo 3DS and melt our hearts in the process. Nov. 24 [Monsebrak via TinyCartridge] You can contact Brian Ashcraft, the author of this post, at [email protected]. You can also find him on Twitter, Facebook, and lurking around our #tips page.
By Brian Ashcraft Published November 28, 2011 -
Nintendo’s Zelda Room Won’t Be Destroyed by the Moon in Three Days
Nintendo of America, as part of the company’s 25th anniversary celebrations for The Legend of Zelda, got the team at iam8bit to dress up a room in the fashion of the series. They didn’t disappoint. Look at those murals! The grass! The rupee cushions! Incidentally, did you know that Nintendo of America’s headquarters is split…
By Luke Plunkett Published November 28, 2011 -
Up-Close with the Sexiest 3DS There Is
The Legend of Zelda has its own 3DS. It looks fantastic. And it’s not only the press photos that look great, but the actual hardware. It looks lovely unboxed on some dude’s desk. Website TikiSaurus picked up a Zelda: Ocarina of Time bundle during late night Black Friday sales and then took photos of them.…
By Brian Ashcraft Published November 25, 2011